Facilities Specialist

FACILITIES SPECIALIST

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Assist the Facilities Manager(s) in all aspects of project implementation as needed
  
• Create and take part in meetings and presentations with executive leadership
  
• Provide campus wide reporting on departmental spend, ticketing, and other metrics as requested
  
• Maintain contracts for facilities services such as elevators, cranes, waste, recycling, pest control, landscaping, and other repair services
  
• Obtain multiple bids from competing contractors
  
• Perform job walk-downs with vendors, engineers, supervisors, and managers
  
• Work with the purchasing department to ensure vendors are approved, vetted, and insured
  
• Assist with badging, ITAR, NDA requirements, and safety training
  
• Create RFPO s and assist buyers with vendor selection
  
• Ensure purchase orders are accurate with no cost over runs
  

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS:

• High school diploma or equivalency certificate
  
• 5+ years of facility vendor and contract management experience
  

PREFERRED SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE:

• Experience with facilities within the aerospace industry
  
• Familiarity with space planning procedures and operations
  
• Knowledge of computer applications and the ability to easily navigate through different computer software programs
  
• Ability to create and update RFPOs and facilities work orders in an ERP software
  
• Ability to work effectively in a team environment
  
• Ability to make independent judgments with limited information
  
• Communication skills for relaying data (verbally and in-writing) between other employees, vendors, and customers
  
• Logical and strategic approach to solving problems
  
• Ability to read and understand basic floor plans
  
• Comfortable working in a high-stress environment balancing several projects at any given time, and the flexibility to adjust for abrupt changes in strategic directions
  

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS:

• Schedule varies based on site operational needs, extended hours and weekends could be required; flexibility required
  
• Must be willing to travel to other SpaceX locations for significant/extended periods of time as needed (up to 85% of the time)
  
• Willingness to relocate to Starbase, Texas with potential for shift work in a remote location
  
• Typically exposed to work in extreme outdoor environments heat, cold, rain
  
• Work performed in an environment requiring exposure to fumes, odors, and noise